#38B397#38B397

#38B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B397
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -40.33, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 40.59, 173.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.1143 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3341, 35.3127, 34.8584)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B397 #B33854

analogous

#38B359 #38B397 #3891B3

triadic

#38B397 #9738B3 #B39738

tetradic

#38B397 #5938B3 #B33854 #91B338

square

#38B397 #5938B3 #B33854 #91B338

split-complementary

#38B397 #B33891 #B35938

monochromatic

#1B5648 #298470 #38B397 #5CCCB3 #8BDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B397

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B397	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcab5',
    500: '#38b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b397;
$custom-light: #7fcab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.341,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B397

secondary

#C58291

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B397

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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